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Swift Foxes Steal Hearts at the Calgary Zoo

Meet the Calgary Zoo's four newest little swift fox cubs born to father Beren and mother Foxy Cleopatra (yeah, you read that right) on April 22nd. Swift foxes were hunted to extinction within Canada in the 1930s but have slowly recovered from isolated populations in the United States with the help of reintroduction efforts. Today swift foxes are threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation from natural resource exploitation in their remote prairie homelands.

Arctic Fox Babies Fill Up

Well, it's been a while since we've seen hide or hair of photographer A.J. Haverkamp here at ZooBorns. A.J. has a knack for delivering compelling closeups of some of our favorite friends, and this is no exception. Today, we have a litter of eight baby Arctic Foxes seen yesterday at the Netherlands' Dierenrijk Europa Zoo.

Mom stands guard.

Silver Fox Babies Love to Lounge

Baby Silver Foxes at Denmark's Munkholm Zoo take in the rays while Dad stands guard. Silver Foxes' unique coloring is actually a genetic adaptation. Thanks to Linzse for these photos from only two days ago.

Mischievous Maned Wolf Cubs

The Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland welcomed four Maned Wolf cubs in March which are just now starting to venture out of the den. The first two pictures were taken more recently and the second two show the tiny cubs in their den, albeit a bit unclearly. Thanks to Lesley4444 for sharing.

Although often called a "red fox on stilts," the Maned Wolf is not closely related to any other living canid (dogs and wolves, foxes, and related species). Their long legs help them see over tall grasses in their native South America. 

Mom in all her long-legged glory.

What's Cuter than a Fennec Fox?

Trick question - nothing! This little guy was born at the Everland Zoo in South Korea in September of 2008.  Nocturnal hunters, fennec foxes detect tasty insects and small rodents with their ridiculously oversized ears.